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The Last Duel
2021 · Director: Ridley Scott · US
What it is about
In 14th-century France a dispute between two knights over a rape accusation is settled by judicial duel.
The fighting in it
The best screen depiction of armoured combat as Harnischfechten describes it: the duel opens with lances on horseback, moves to poleaxes and ends in grappling on the ground with a dagger seeking the gaps in the harness. That is exactly how the European treatises reconstructed today by HEMA are built.
Martial arts in the film
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